12-3-1003 - Purchase of secondhand articles or equipment by municipalities or counties. - Tennessee Statutes

12-3-1003. Purchase of secondhand articles or equipment by municipalities or counties.

(a)  Notwithstanding any charter, private act, or general law requirements, any municipality or any county may purchase used or secondhand articles consisting of goods, equipment, materials, supplies, or commodities from any federal, state, or local governmental unit or agency without public advertisement and competitive bidding.

(b)  Notwithstanding any charter, private act, or general law requirements, any municipality or any county may purchase used or secondhand articles consisting of goods, equipment, materials, supplies, or commodities from any private individual or entity without public advertisement and competitive bidding as long as the purchasing government documents the general range of value of the purchased item through a listing in a nationally recognized publication or through an appraisal by a licensed appraiser, and the price paid falls within ten percent (10%) of the documented range.

[Acts 1984, ch. 765, § 7; 2007, ch. 383, § 1.]